Thriller

"What kind of jacket was Michael Jackson wearing on the 'Thriller' video?" asked the minder.

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The soft-spoken singer belts out fan favorites like "Billy Jean," and "Man in the Mirror," but it was the great props and pyrotechnics of "Smooth Criminal" as well as zombie-filled "Thriller" that made me say, "Man, that would have been a great concert!"

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Pace claimed that "the audience would have felt like they were visiting the Thriller " experience, like they were there".

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Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli writes that, "Thriller stopped selling like a leisure item - like a magazine, a toy, tickets to a hit movie - and started selling like a household staple."

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"Blood on the Dance Floor" was actually a good song. He explained, "it i a second-rate mixture of 'Beat It' and 'Thriller' but Jackson's missteps are better than most pop music out there.

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"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". The author Nelson George wrote that Jackson "has educated R. Kelly, Usher , Justin Timberlake and countless others with Thriller as a textbook".

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"The Student Alumni Association wanted to make a statement," Kisbo said. "It was also Halloween and the anniversary of 'Thriller' so it was perfect," Kisbo said.

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"I really like Michael Jackson and the Thriller music video," she said, "so I thought (the parade) was really good. "

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"Thriller" video will come to life in Jamaica. The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning is hosting a Halloween festival with arts and crafts, music, games and story-telling for kids ages 4 to 10. "We're going to do a 'Thriller' dance-off and reenact the dance moves from the Michael Jackson video," said Kesia Hudson from the center.

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"We just have to grab the positive and highlight that, and overlook all the other stuff, the circuses and all the other things that happened. " "I can't believe it because I was his age when I produced 'Thriller' and all those things - 'We are the World,' said Jones. "It's a baby of mine, my baby brother, and I can't believe he's gone, but he's not - he's not gone. "

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